Our guest tonight is Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States. She's here to announce her run for president. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office. — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
People roll their eyes at the idea of Kanye West running for president. I do not. — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code. — David D. Clark Copy Share Image
If a President must constantly remind the people that we're at war, then we're not. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
If we had pursued the war on cancer which President Nixon declared in 1970, Jack Kemp might be alive today. — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year. — John Adams Copy Share Image
President Bush said this Iraq situation looks like 'the rerun of a bad movie.' Well sure, there's a Bush in the White… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president,… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now.… — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Copy Share Image
The president is the leader of the nation. The president brings people together, does the deals, does the trades, knocks the heads… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes… — David Axelrod Copy Share Image
Chris Christie won by such a wide margin that pundits say this will give him the impetus he needs to run for… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
The more I move among workers and factories and other plants, the stronger I become convinced that it is advisable to have… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
This crisis started probably due to the freedom they gave to the banks. First President [Ronald] Reagan and then President [Bill] Clinton.… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
I can give substantive advice to the administration, the president's campaign, or any campaign that would ask for it. And, of course,… — Dennis Ross Copy Share Image
Violence has always been implied by previous US presidents: That is to say, if North Korea launched an attack, or crossed certain… — Charles K. Armstrong Copy Share Image
Thanks to NBC News and thanks to the NBC primetime TV network, Donald Trump has been in living rooms for 11 years… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Throughout Ronnie's presidency, there was an ongoing public discussion as to how much influence the first lady should have on the president.… — Nancy Reagan Copy Share Image
Being a kind, emperor, or president is mighty small potatoes compared to being a mother. Commanding an army is little more than… — Billy Sunday Copy Share Image
There ought to be a way in which you can challenge lack of experience, which I think is hugely important, one of… — Maria Echaveste Copy Share Image
The President is responsible to the public for the conduct of the person he has nominated and appointed. — James Madison Copy Share Image
I didn't view myself as attacking the boss. I viewed my boss at ESPN as the publisher and president of ESPN. — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“You may not attain the highest height with one leap but my dear; you will reach your destination.” — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
If you believe our president, a former oil businessman, is going to end our addiction to oil, shame on all of us. — Dan Seals Copy Share Image
No Republican has ever been elected president of the United States without winning Ohio. — Wolf Blitzer Copy Share Image
“(Running for president" was a chance to do the most good I would ever be able to do.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
Hitler didn't snub me—it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Midterms are always hard. And the midterm in a two-term president's second term is especially hard. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The office of the president is the most powerful in the world. It is also, at times, the most powerless. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
I think I should be a president. President of the United States. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image